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Thorn In The Heart

Since the unbalance situations between both sides, many of
precious French bundles ended up in the Vietminh's hands, and
slowly count day by day to die in a dangerous situation.

After a few weeks of the heavy fight under the rain and cold
wind forest, both sides do not have time to bury the dead and
help the wounded. The casualties died on the combat few days
without burring, but they broke up again and again by bombs
and heavy canons of both sides. They were lying all over the
muddy blood valley with bad smelling and the fliers, that only
one kind pleased for the killing and was not afraid for the
exploded.

On March 20, 1954, Vietminh Forces were slowly closing
on the ground with the heavy canons support, continued toward
the central French camps and the Strongpoint Gabrielle in North
Valley. At the same time, the Strongpoint Isabelle at South had
closed combat in the bunkers and trenches to gain every ground
foot, and both sides had lost with nearly ten thousand soldier
fighters.

At next day, the Vietminh special armed was a rise in
suddenly at the French central area from the tunnels. They took
a halting day closed fight with the 5th Vietnam paratrooper
battalion to overwhelming the Airstrip after Lieutenant Pham-
Van-Phu was a prisoner. They also were pouring into the camps
with many casualties lay on the ground by French machine guns
and mines.

This situation clear that French troops were in danger, will
have heavy lost the battle, and will not be strong enough to resist
Vietminh force anywhere in Vietnam. French Army chief of
staff, General Paul Ely had only hoped the United States might
enter the Vietnam War to save French troops as the secret
promise before the struggle of Dien-Bien-Phu battle.

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